12 July
2006 - Hi-tech three-dimensional laser scanning
techniques will be used to record detailed images
of historic engravings and art sites along the
coast of Tasmania as part of an Australian Government
programme to protect and promote Indigenous heritage.
Announced today by Australian
Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator
Ian Campbell, the 2006-07 Indigenous Heritage
Programme will provide $2.96 million for 50 projects
throughout the nation.
More than $90,000 will be used
to record images of the historic engravings and
art sites along the north west and west coasts
of Tasmania so they can be better monitored and
protected. Some of the unique rock art was vandalised
in January this year.
Other projects being funded
include:
$100,000 to connect Koorie people
with traditional heritage places through the identification
and recording of Indigenous heritage values and
sites in Victoria.
$100,000 to protect, preserve and rehabilitate
12 culturally significant sites at Great Bay on
Bruny Island, Tasmania.
$100,000 will be used to work with Indigenous
communities in Derby, WA, to share traditional
knowledge and an understanding of the Fitzroy
River.
$98,850 for development of the Ngarrindjeri Environment
and Heritage management strategy. This will implement
case study research, planning and education of
the Ngarrinjderi cultural heritage on Ngarrinjderi
Ruwe lands and islands in South Australia.
$90,596 for the Yindjibarndi Cultural Mapping
Project that aims at recording and filming 50
of the significant Aboriginal cultural sites identified
in the Yindjibarnde traditional country, Western
Australia.
$80,150 for the Wilsons River Experience Walk,
which will research and link Indigenous history
and cultural sites along the banks of the Wilsons
River, New South Wales.
$98,800 for cultural mapping and management planning
of Jawoyn Rock Art in the Northern Territory.
$87,500 to facilitate teaching traditional Badtjala
knowledge and culture for future generations (Queensland).
Senator Campbell said the Australian Government
had worked with local communities and traditional
owners to identify projects and places needing
conservation.
“Australia has a rich and valuable
Indigenous heritage and the Government’s Indigenous
Heritage Programme is aimed at protecting it for
the education and enjoyment of future generations,”
he said.
Rob Broadfield
